woodenpicador

Writing YJ fanfic. Natpilled. Shauna Shipman did nothing wrong. woodenpicador on ao3, twitter

[woodenpicador]

woodenpicador: the masterlist (updated January 2026)

ao3 | bluesky | twitter

I write fanfiction, primarily but not exclusively for Yellowjackets (2021). I've written a few multichapter fics and a few one-shots. I also post headcanons, rewatch notes, and so much more on Twitter and Bluesky, though I am trying (and failing) to curtail my reliance on the former I'm hoping to use this space more!

Fics beneath the fold....

Yellowjackets (2021): Multichapters

natural habitats (13 chapters, complete)

(teenage wildlife - part I)

“Look, here’s the deal.” Nat leans forward and plants her hands on the table. “If we do this, you tell nobody, okay? Not Van, not Laura Lee, not Taissa or Lottie or Misty fucking Quigley, do you understand me?”

Shauna frowns, but says nothing.

“That means you don’t tell Jackie, either,” Nat says. “If that’s going to be a problem, then let me know and we can both start rehearsing for the spring musical now.”

Natalie Scatorccio is having a bad year. She’s not sleeping, her mom’s new boyfriend sucks, and a blown history test might bench her for the season. Luckily, Coach Martinez has an idea:

Tutoring.

From Shauna Shipman.

Fuck.

(shaunanat, alternating POV, novel-length WIP, E)

teenage wildlife - part II: coming soon.

mes beaux amis (4 chapters, complete)

(the precious heart of shauna shipman - part I)

“It’s a party.” Jackie shouts a honeyed rupture into Shauna’s eardrum. “Have fun!”

Yeah, like Shauna Shipman can refuse Jackie Taylor much of anything.

Watching the best friend you’ve ever had constantly break up and get back together with a guy takes a toll on you. Especially when they like to celebrate their reunions by sucking face in front of everyone.

Shauna Shipman gets by with a little help from her friends.

(Or: Jeff is Shauna's worst reaction, but not her first.)

(shauna POV, angst/drama, explicitish, pre-canon, ~55k words - shauna/jackie, shauna/mari, shauna/tai, shauna/van, shauna/misty, shauna/lottie, shauna/nat, shauna & laura lee)

versez le sang (2 chapters, complete)

(the precious heart of shauna shipman - part II)

Shauna has done the math, knows her life expectancy tops out at seventy-eight or so—and that’s not accounting for what havoc has been wrought on her insides by nineteen months of scrounging, scavenging, praying, and all the horrible things that live in the spaces between those words. She’s got about fifty-six years of exactly this to go, give or take. She can do it. She has to. It’s no more than she deserves, no less than she owes.

She lasts a month.

Everyone said marrying Jeff Sadecki was a mistake, but they were wrong. Shauna Shipman doesn’t make mistakes. She doesn’t make anything.

Shauna breaks.

(Or: Shauna invites cataclysm in pursuit of closure.)

(shauna POV, angst (very dark), explicit, post-rescue (2001), ~23k words - shauna/jackie, shauna/jeff, shauna/tai, shauna/van, shauna/misty, shauna/lottie)

the precious heart of shauna shipman - part III: coming soon

Yellowjackets (2021): One-Shots

demodocus on the radio

(odysseys - part I)

Shauna Shipman disappears two weeks before her wedding. This surprises no one.

What might surprise people is that she surfaces in the middle of the day at a dive bar in the East Village owned by Natalie Scatorccio.

(shauna POV, angst, explicit, post-rescue (2001), ~18kwords - shauna/nat shauna/jackie (past))

aeolus on the weather report: coming soon

(odysseys - part II)

practice makes perfect

"What do you think about painting?”

In which Van Palmer has to fulfill her Fine Arts requirement, and learns something about herself (and Jackie Taylor) in the process.

(van POV, slice-of-life/romance, T, pre-canon, ~6k words - tai/van, shauna/jackie (background))

still life

In the attic, before Tai leaves to find help, it's just her and Shauna and the secrets between them.

(tai POV, drama, M, missing scene (post-1x06 - saints), ~2.7k words - shauna & tai, tai/van (background), shauna/jackie (background))

for all debts public and private

Nat and Shauna glare at Lottie. She wants to mark it as another point in support of her plan, but the intensity gives her pause.

“Fine, I’ll spill. You two have been at each other’s throats for days. Normally, whatever—go with God and may the Force be with you—but in case you haven’t noticed, we’re in sunny Trenton, New Jersey, to play state championship soccer.” Lottie leans forward. “And when you guys are fighting, you fucking suck at it.”

A misplaced ball sparks a feud between Shauna and Nat that threatens to derail the team’s championship hopes.

Lottie has a plan to get them to kiss and make up.

(lottie POV, sex comedy, E, pre-canon/canon divergence AU, ~17.4k words - lottieshaunanat, lottielee, jackieshauna)

gifts of the magi

Teamwork makes the dream work, but recognizing individual excellence is just good leadership.

Two times that Shauna Shipman is Lottie Matthews's most valuable teammate.

(shauna POV, horror, E, canon compliant through 2x02, ~6.9k words - shaunalee, shaunamari, shaunalottie)

closet cases

Have you seen her?

She hasn’t, she won’t, she never, ever will. She has finally done what her mother demanded and shed those pesky extra pounds and all she had to do was cut out half of herself and give it up to Jeff Sadecki and Providence, Rhode Island. All she had to do was become her mother in all the ways she never wanted.

Jackie’s anesthetic won’t fit in a row of pill bottles, of course, but a shoebox isn’t that much bigger.

Seven months after her world falls apart, Jackie Taylor returns to Wiskayok.

(jackie POV, drama, E, no crash AU, ~27.3k words - jackieshauna)

mirror, mirror

written for MistyNat Week (2023)

On the way back from Eden Falls, Nat tries to outrun her ghosts.

(Nat POV, drama, E, missing scene (post-1x03), ~3k words - mistynat)

fixer upper

Jackie Taylor has collected many labels over the twenty-two years of her relatively short life: daughter, friend, girlfriend, Yellowjacket, teammate, captain, plane crash survivor, Scarlet Knight, Tri-Delt. Now, only a handful of weeks after adding college graduate to her resumé, she can call herself a homeowner.

Freshly minted Rutgers graduate Jackie Taylor returns to Wiskayok to buy a house with her boyfriend. It could use some work, but what couldn’t?

Not to worry, though. Nat Scatorccio knows a guy.

written for Jackieshauna Weekend 2023

(jackie POV, drama/romance, E, rescued early AU, ~27.9k words - jackieshauna and assorted other ships)

this is how we do it

Against all odds, it’s Crystal the motherfucking Pistol who saves the day.

Melissa lets Crystal's light shine when Van's Walkman dies. Everything changes.

(melissa POV, humor/romance, M, canon divergence AU set during 1x05, ~9.4k words - genlissa, shaunahat, jackieshauna, crusti, shaunanat)

gethsemane

That girl, she holds her head up so high.

I think I want to be her best friend, yeah.

- Bikini Kill, “Rebel Girl”

(melissa POV, dead dove, E, extended scene (post-3x02), ~2.9k words - shaunahat)

The Pitt (2025)

dorsal herniation

“Relax, I’m not looking for you to bring me home to Doctor Mommy,” Santos says. “I meant what I said earlier, I want us to be friends.”

“Oh, me too, definitely,” Victoria says.

“And friends don’t let friends clock out when they look like they’re about to pop like a champagne bottle.” Santos reaches for Victoria’s wrist. “Come on.”

After their second shift, Santos helps Javadi blow off some steam.

(javadi POV, humor/smut, E, post-season 1, ~12k words - crashtos)

Other Fandoms

boot error (Companion (2025))

written for the 2025 Yuletide Fic Exchange

Iris confronts life without an operating system.

(iris POV, character study, T, post-canon, ~2.6k words)

the awkward age (Drive-Away Dolls)

written for the 2024 Yuletide Fic Exchange

After Tallahassee, Marian navigates the rocky shoreline of Jamie Dobbs.

(marian POV, romance, E, post-canon, ~4.2k words - marian/jamie)

not mine (Star Wars: Andor)

written for the 2023 Yuletide Fic Exchange

As Ferrix burns, Cinta Kaz fights one war and loses another.

(cinta POV, drama/character study, T, set during 1x12 - Rix Road, ~2.9k words - cinta/vel)

save the sea turtles (Bottoms (2023))

Hazel helps herself to PJ's curly fries; PJ helps herself to Hazel.

(PJ POV, humor/smut, extremely hard E, post-canon, ~7.1k words - pj/hazel)

pro hac vice (She-Hulk (2022))

written for the 2022 Yuletide Fic Exchange

Matt Murdock needs help on a case; Jennifer Walters doesn't mind taking a cross-country flight on short notice.

Hey, it's (almost) Christmas.

(jen POV, casefic, T, 5.5k words - jen/matt, nikki/mallory (implied))

Towards Grace (Perry Mason (2020))

written for the 2020 Yuletide Fic Exchange

Alice runs. Set during chapter 8.

(alice POV, T, ~1.6k words)

Metas of Note

Yellowjackets: A Not-So-Brief and Hopefully Canon-Accurate Explanation of the 1996 WHS Yellowjackets Soccer Team

[boyofzoot]

End Of Evangelion (1997) Dir. Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki

[thepittmemes]

[toshio]

[dedederedeconstructivist]

god bless the guardian opinions section they are a limitless source of resources

[crowshaped]

happy mentos mthursday

[dykelittlemy]

yellowjackets in the wilderness !

[queermediabait]

🐝🚨 YELLOWJACKETS SHIP WEEK 2026 IS LESS THAN 3 WEEKS AWAY! (AUG 16-22)

Yellowjackets Ship Week 2026 is a weeklong event (Aug 16-22) for Yellowjackets fans to share any type of fanwork for any ship they like!

No ship wars here — each day of YJ Ship Week 2026 has a theme (the last two were decided by votes!) to inspire fanworks for your favourite ship 🤩

All ships are welcome, whether you’re a JackieShauna enthusiast, you go hard for TaiVan, you’re LottieNat’s biggest fan, you’re out there fighting for MistyNat or LottieLee, or you’re the leader of RandyJeff nation 🙂‍↕️

All fanworks are encouraged: one-shots or longfics, sketches or elaborate art pieces, edits, SMAUs, and anything/everything else ⭐️

We can’t wait to see what you come up with! 🐝

FAQ

The themes are there for inspiration; wherever you take this is up to YOU! You can follow them as strictly or as loosely as you like — maybe your work was fully inspired by the theme. Or maybe you already had the idea and just found a way to make it work vaguely in a theme. Anything goes!

No submission will be rejected as long as it follows our rules:

NO AI OR STOLEN CONTENT — make your own works, and make it yourself

TAG EVERYTHING PROPERLY — write/draw/create whatever you want, but tag your pieces appropriately. If in doubt about whether something needs to be tagged… tag it anyway!

NO SHIP WARS — Yellowjackets Ship Week is here to celebrate ALL ships. Don’t like it? Don’t engage!

This isn't just for fic writers — fanart, edits, social media AUs, or any other fanworks are also encouraged!

If you post on Twitter or Instagram, use #YJShipWeek2026. On Tumblr and AO3, just tag Yellowjackets Ship Week 2026 like I did on this post. We also have an AO3 collection set up here.

Spread the word! We would love to get as many participants as possible!

This event is run by @queermediabait on Tumblr/ Twitter + @/deadguysplane and @/calcimbruh on Twitter. You can also find our Yellowjackets Ship Week account on Twitter.

We wanted to organize a fun fandom event in the interlude between the end of filming and the release of Yellowjackets S4 — all ships and (non-AI) fanworks are welcome x

If you have any questions, please feel free to reply or DM us on Tumblr/Twitter, and we'll do our best to answer them!

[woodenpicador]

how do you think each of the girls (in the teen timeline) would text like? and what do you think their social media accounts would look like??

so I have the most deeply boring answer to this because I think that if you take the characters out of their specific pre-text pre-Internet context they are radically different personalities. but also i think they would thrive in totally different social media ecosystems. jackie is instagram, shauna is livejournal, mari is twitter, misty is tumblr, taissa is linkedin, van is letterboxd…

[sequenceofmind]

Whatever you think Yellowjackets 2x03 (2021-)

[smallscreensource]

Yellowjackets (2021-). Qui.

[woodenpicador]

i’ve reread natural habitats countless times at this point and every time i finish it i am so curious as to what the original plan for the story was. is that something you would be willing to talk about? was it always going to follow what we know to be pre-crash canon events so closely? i love this story so much and i am just. very curious as to your process!

I do plan on talking a little more about this in the future! There have been a couple of iterations of the story that I think would be interesting to share, but right now I’m trying to break myself out of the cycle of talking about writing instead of writing!

[catbellybuttons]

writing the first half of a fic: yaaaay! wooo!!! 🌈💝 fun ideas 😊💖✨️~

writing the second half of a fic: I am in a fight with god himself and he is winning

[merpinglilac]

recent bluntos doodles

[nataliescatorccioapologist]

Lesbians: We want healthy queer relationships in media!

Our favorite Yellowjackets ships:

[fawnsblogs]

[814519]

you know…silly barantos brainrot,, what if one day trinity shows up at work wearing baran’s scrub??